73 Chapter 73: Alicia
After the initial shock from Elsa, it took a few minutes before she managed to calm down. She had already stowed her sword in her ID, went to the bathroom, and came out after about an hour.
Now we were sitting facing each other. "I think it's time to schedule a mission. We've gathered all the necessary items, plus we're short on funds now, so the easiest way to make money is by doing missions," I tell Elsa. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
"What's going to happen to Ema?" she asks with concern in her voice.
"We can inform the guild about her situation and have them provide some protection while we're out of town," I had thought about this a few moments ago, and the quickest and easiest solution that came to mind was to inform the guild, or rather, inform our secretary. We definitely can't take them with us. I plan to stay much longer in Zone 2 this time, and then head to Zone 3.
Being higher-ranked creatures, I'll be able to gain much more experience. Plus, it's the perfect time to test out the new powers of my new sword. It will also help Elsa a lot. Considering that a thousand hours of training are nothing compared to a real battle, which can last minutes, where your life is at stake.
"We have to inform Roberto of our departure and leave him some instructions," standing up, I nod to Elsa, leave the room, and head towards the door where Ema's family is staying.
Knock! Knock!
After lightly knocking on the door, a few seconds pass, and faint footsteps can be heard running towards the door.
Crack!
The door opened, revealing Ema in her sleepwear, her hair tousled, her cloudy and confused eyes gradually gaining clarity as she smiled brightly.
"Mr. Bryan! What a surprise to find you right now. It's usually Angela who visits us often," she says excitedly.
Smiling a bit, her happiness is indeed very contagious. Patting her head, I ask, "Little Ema, where's your father?"
Ema slightly opens her eyes and looks back for a moment, then timidly says, "My father... is still asleep," she responds with her arms behind her back.
I should have known he's also a great lazy person like me, but this is on another level. It's already midday... "And your mother, Ema, is she awake yet?"
Ema nods her head, turns around, takes a deep breath, and shouts, "Mom! Someone's looking for you!"
Damn, wait, this brings back memories. Some things don't change even if you're in other worlds, I guess...
With an uncomfortable smile, Ema's mom responds bewildered.
"What's going on?! Why are you shouting like that, Ema?" Nicol asks, furrowing her brow.
"What just happened?! We're under attack!" Another voice suddenly joined the symphony of screams. Seriously, they're a very lively family.
"Why are you shouting too?!" Nicol turns to her husband, exasperated.
Nicol, after scolding Roberto, looks at her daughter, who has her index finger on her lips, innocently looking at her mother with puppy eyes.
Glancing at Ema from the corner of my eye, she's definitely pulling some kind of trick to avoid her mother's scolding. She's using her cuteness to her advantage! Damn, she's dangerous.
Nicol stares at her daughter for a few seconds, hesitating whether to scold her cute and adorable daughter. Her gaze then turns to me after all these chaotic minutes.
"H-hello," coming out of my daze, I greet somewhat awkwardly.
"What's going on?!" Roberto's voice joins in with another shout behind Nicol, with his judgmental gaze, but after seeing who it is, he calms down.
"Oh, boy, so it's you, huh. What brings you here?" he says with a yawn.
Seeing Nicol clench his fist tightly, she takes a deep breath, trying to calm herself down so as not to kill her husband right now and commit other crimes in front of her daughter. Then I manage to put on a fake smile and they invite me in.
It's quite scary. I don't want to enter right now. Looking at Roberto, who apparently has no fear of death, I smile and he also invites me in. "I respect you for that." With that thought in my head, I enter the room.
We settle at the desk, although this room is almost the same as ours but a bit smaller. It still has 2 beds and its own bathroom, which is good.
"Mmmm," Gabriel sank into his thoughts.
"Dad! Alicia saw her father and her eyes filled with pure excitement and she ran towards him.
Gabriel snapped out of his thoughts and looked at his little daughter with love in his eyes, "Alicia, how was your training?" he asked with a warm voice.
"My older brother was helping me perfect my stance, father," Alicia replied. When she looked at the winged man next to her father, she stiffened and her expression froze. She knew the man, he was Anthony's father...
"It's nice to have you back, father," said Andrés with a worried voice.
"Greet the emperor of the empire," Andrés's two women bowed with abnormal perfection.
Andrés directed his gaze to the man accompanying his father.
"It's good to see you in good health, Duke Noah. I, Prince Andrés, welcome you to our home." Andrés greeted with a slight bow, although he was the crown prince, respect must always be shown to figures of power. Besides, the man in front of him is the second strongest human in the empire.
"You've grown well, Andrés, well done," Noah responded with a nod.
"Greet the duke of the empire," Andrés's two women performed the same perfect bow.
"U-uhmm, greetings to the d-duke..." Alicia greeted with some fear in her voice.
"Don't worry about past troubles, little Alicia, they no longer matter," Noah told her, looking her in the eyes.
"Y-yes," Alicia nodded.
"Come on, tell me more about your son," Gabriel insisted with a smile.
Everyone fell silent in surprise. They didn't expect the emperor to ask such a thing.
"I already told you, he's in the city with Finn's little daughter he found along the way. It's been 2 months since they arrived. According to what Alex told me, he killed an anomaly from Zone 2," Noah responded, furrowing his brow.
"Interesting, those types of creatures, naturally, even if they are in the silver rank, have the power of a gold rank. In what rank is your son?" Gabriel asked satisfied. Normally, it's very difficult to get information out of Noah about his children, he takes care of them well...
"Mid-Silver," Noah said.
"Being practically in a lower rank, he managed to kill a beast above his rank. Your bloodline shows in your son," Gabriel said amused.
"I suppose," Noah responded seriously.
They all fell silent and only listened to the conversation of these two monsters with human skin. They were curious about the boy who once tried to violate the princess, especially Andrés.
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Achoo!
Damn it, someone's talking about me... Anthony frowned, but since he knew who it was, he shrugged.
Anthony could be seen doing absolutely nothing, sitting in the chair by the window...
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